What is it about?
Urbanization is strictly connected with pervasive changes in the environment that select only adapted species. We here demonstrated that urbanization filters highly dispersivo, small bodied species of carabids and spiders, belonging to generalist trophic groups.
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Why is it important?
Our findings demonstrate that urbanization may cause a significative decline of biodiversity, with possible repercussions on ecosystem functionality.
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This page is a summary of: Islands in cities: Urbanization and fragmentation drive taxonomic and functional variation in ground arthropods, Basic and Applied Ecology, March 2020, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2020.02.001.
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